Ash-pan for locomotives.



No. 839,754. PATENTED DEC. 25, 1906,

J. I. HALL & s. s.- LOOMER.

ASH PAN FOR LOCOMOTIVES. APPLICATION FILED APR. 7, 190a.

Affomeys UNITE STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

JOHN T. HALL AND SAMUEL S. LOOMER, OF STEUBENVILLE, OHIO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 25, 1906.

Application filed Aplll7,1906. Serial N0= 310,556-

To all whom it Wmy concern.-

Be it known that we, JOHN T. HALL and SAMUEL S. Loonnn, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Steubenville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful 1mprovements in Ash-Pans for Locomotives, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in ash-pans for locomotives; and the invention has for its primary object to provide a novel form of dumping ash-pan which can be easily and quickly operated to deposit the ashes carried within the pan beneath the fire-box of a locomotive.

Another object of this invention is to provide a simple and effective ash-pan having a drop-bottom formed of a plurality of overlapping plates and mechanism whereby said drop-bottom can be easily and quickly opened or closed from the cab of a locomotive, thus permitting a fireman to eject ashes from the ash-pan without leaving the cab of said locomotive.

With the above and other objects in view, which will more readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and referring to the drawings accompanying this application like numerals of reference (.lesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure 1v is a longitudinal sectional view of an ash-pan constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of the same. Fig. 3 is a crosssectional view of one side of the ash-pan, taken on the line cc :t of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the bearing-bars of the pan. Fig. 5 is a similar view of a plate adapted to fit upon one of the bearing-bars of the pan. Fig. 6 1s a detail perspective view of a bearing-bar, illustrating a slightly-modified form of construction.

In the accompanying drawings we have illustrated the ash-pan 1 of a locomotive as consisting of side walls 2 2 and a rear wall 3, the ash-pan being located beneath the fire box (not shown) of a locomotive and in close proximity to the floor 4 of the locomotivecab 5.

Our invention resides in providing the ashpan 1 with a dropbottom, said bottom consisting of a plurality of overlapping plates 6, mounted transversely of the ash-pan; To support the plates we provide the side walls 2- 2 of the ash-pan with two longitudinallydisposed bearing-bars 7, said bars being supported a slight distance from the walls 2 2 by blocks 8. The bearing-bars are provided with angularlydisposed slots 9 in which the pintles 10 of the overlapping plates 6 are adapted to engage. Upon the ends of the pintles at one side of the ash-pan are mounted arms 11, the upper ends of said arms being pivotally connected to a reach-rod .12, which extends through an opening 14, formed in the rear wall 3 of the ash-pan. The rear wall 3 of the ash-pan is provided with a bracket 15, to which is pivotally connected a lever 16, said lever extending upwardly through a slot 17, formed in the floor 4 of the locomotive-cab 5. The reach-rod 12 is pivotally connected to the lever 16, as at 18. The upper end or handle portion of the lever 16 is provided with a conventional form of locking-pawl 19, which is adapted to engage in a notched block 20, carried by the floor 4 of the locomotive-cab 5.

The rear or upper edges 21 of the plates 6 are cut away, as at 22, to accommodate the front or lower edges of the plates 6 when said plates are closed, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. To open the plates, and consequently the bottom of the ash-pan, the lever 16 is swung forward, which, through the medium of the reach-rod 12, rotates the pintles within the bearing-bars 7, partially rotating the plates 6 until they assume a vertical position and permit of the contents of the ash-pan to be precipitated from the bottom of said pan.

In order that the reach-rod 12 and the arms 11 may be protected from the contents of the ash-pan, also from the heat of the fireboX, a shield 23 is employed for covering the reach-rod and the arms 11, said shield being secured to the side wall 2, as at 24, and resting upon the upper edge of the hearing-bar 7, thereby incasing the reach-rod and its connecting-arms 11.

In Fig. 5 of the drawings we have illustrated a plate 25, that can be mounted upon the bearing-bar 7 when the shield 23 does not engage the top of the bearing-bar 7, while in Fig. 6 of the drawings a bearing-bar 26 is illustrated Which is provided With openings 27 in lieu of the angularly-disposed slots 9 of the bearing-bar 7.

We'do not care to confine ourselves to the number of plates used in connection with the drop-bottom of the ash-pan or to their specific arrangement, as illustrated.

It is obvious that such changes in the size, proportion, and minor details of construction as are permissible by the appended claim may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What We claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination With the side and front Wall of an ash-pan, of a bottom for said ashpan comprising a plurality of overlapping plates, each plate provided at each end With a pintle, notched bearing-bars receiving said pintles, blocks secured to the side Walls of the ash-pan and to Which blocks said bearingbars are attached, the pintles at one end of the plates extended beyond the bearing-bar at the same end of the plates and having arms connected thereto, a reach-rod pivotally attached to the upper end of each of said arms extending through an opening in the front Wall of the ash-pan, a bracket carried by said front Wall, a lever pivotally supported in said bracket, and pivotally connected to the outer end of said reach-rod, and a shield attached to the side Wall of the ashpan and inclosing said arms and reach-rod.

In testimony whereof We affix our signa- 

